History
The facility was formerly a children's home founded in May 1985 by Rev. William Brink, who also operated Brinkhaven Homes for Youth in Ohio, where he was convicted for sexually molesting female students. Brink's two sons, Dale and Mark, a daughter, Molly, and her husband, Alan Weierman, were named as corporate officers. In 1992, Alan Weierman changed the name from Victory Children's Home to Treasure Coast Victory Children's Home and filed papers to have the home incorporated in Florida. In 1993, St. Lucie County commissioners voted to evict the residents of the facility from county property because Weierman refused to seek a state license to operate the shelter for neglected children.
In November 2009, Weierman registered a new nonprofit organization called Southeastern Military Academy, Inc., at the Victory Forge address. As of January 2010, the "Southeastern Military Academy" name was being used on promotional materials for the program operating at the Victory Forge location.
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